Re: which version of windows
I have an Athlon64 3500+ (AM2 socket) and after about a month I've gone back to 32bit XP because there were some things that I couldn't find for XP X64... drivers for my webcam or an even half-decent firewall.
My ISP doesn't support 64bit so I spent hours trying to find drivers and manually configure a connection for this poxy Speedtouch USB ADSL modem.
As regards the OS... there are no plugins for IE64-bit so you either miss out on flash/java or run the bundled IE32-bit process which, incidentally, is all you can set to open from shortcuts.
Heh, even Windows/Microsoft update won't talk to IE64 :lol:
I just got the impression that no-one was busting a gut to develop for XP X64.
The full release of Vista is just around the corner so I'd say install your 32bit XP Pro and wait to see how it's supported.
Re: which version of windows
I recommend that you stick with 32bit XP Pro until after the final Vista is released. I'm not even sure about Vista at that point (too much built-in security to prevent flexible use ;) ). We'll see about that when the time comes.